George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. He is an exponent of Chicago blues who has influenced generations of guitarists including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Gary Clark Jr., and John Mayer. In the 1960s, Guy played with Muddy Waters as a session guitarist at Chess Records and began a musical partnership with blues harp virtuoso Junior Wells. Guy has won nine Grammy Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Medal of Arts, and the Kennedy Center Honors. Guy was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2005 and ranked 27th in Rolling Stone magazine's 2023 list of greatest guitarists of all time. His song "Stone Crazy" was ranked 78th in the Rolling Stone list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time". Clapton once described him as "the best guitar player alive". In 1999, Guy wrote the book Damn Right I've Got the Blues, with Donald Wilcock. His autobiography, When I Left Home: My Story, was published in 2012.
Early life
George "Buddy" Guy was born and raised in Lettsworth, Louisiana. He was the first of five children born to parents Sam and Isabel...
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Vinyl
Bands
2 groups from MusicBrainz
- —Buddy Guy & His Band — eponymous
- —Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes
Discography
157 releases from MusicBrainz · ★ 2 in my collection
Albums (34)
- 1965★Hoodoo Man Blues
- 1968A Man & the Blues
- 1969Left My Blues in San Francisco
- 1969Southside Blues Jam
- 1970Buddy and the Juniors
- 1972Hold That Plane!
- 1972Play the Blues
- 1972Southside Reunion
- 1979Pleading the Blues
- 1979The Blues Giant
- 1980Breaking Out
- 1981Going Back to Acoustic
- 1982D.J. Play My Blues
- 1991Alone & Acoustic
- 1991Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues
- 1993Feels Like Rain
- 1993Six String Frenzy
- 1994Slippin' In
- 1997See You Later
- 1998Heavy Love
- 2001Sweet Tea
- 20022002-07-14: North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Netherlands
- 2003Blues Singer
- 2005Bring ’Em In
- 2008Skin Deep
- 2010DJ Play My Blues
- 2010Living Proof
- 2013Rhythm & Blues
- 2015Born to Play Guitar
- 2018The Blues Is Alive and Well
- 2019You Sure Can't Do (Remastered)
- 2022The Blues Don't Lie
- 2025Ain’t Done With the Blues
- —Buddy Guy On Chess Vol. 2
Singles (11)
- 1960I Got My Eyes on You / First Time I Met the Blues
- 1961Let Me Love You Baby / Ten Years Ago
- 1964I Dig Your Wig / My Time After While
- 1969Budd’s Groove
- 1991Damn Right, I've Got the Blues
- 2010Stay Around a Little Longer
- 2012Chicago
- 2018Fresh Out
- 2025Last Man Standing
- —Mustang Sally
- —Where Is the Next One Coming From?
More: singles, compilations, live & other releases
Lives (62)
- 19671967-07-26: Club 47, Cambridge, MA, USA
- 1968This Is Buddy Guy!
- 1969Blues Jam at Chess — Fleetwood Mac in Chicago, Blues Jam in Chicago
- 19731973-02-15: Shaboo Inn, Willimantic, CT, USA
- 1975Doldinger Jubilee ’75
- 1975Live Recording at Yuhbin‐Chokin Hall on March‐1975
- 1978Live in Montreux
- 1980The Dollar Done Fell
- 1982★Drinkin’ TNT ’n’ Smokin’ Dynamite
- 1983The Original Blues Brothers
- 1987Ronnie Scott’s 87
- 19891989-07-30: The Legends Club, Chicago, IL, USA
- 1989Live At Legends (7-30-89)
- 19901989-07-30: Buddy Guy's Legend Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 19911991-06-11: BBC Radio 1, Live Session
- 19921992-07-09: Le Casino, Montreux, Switzerland
- 1992Blues Alive
- 1994It's Still Called the Blues
- 1994Live at the Pier 84, N.Y.C. May 23rd, 1983
- 1995Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago - 1979
- 1996Live! The Real Deal
- 1997The Chicago Blues Festival
- 1998Every Day I Have the Blues
- 1998Last Time Around: Live at Legends
- 1999The Real Blues
- 20002000-05-02: Jazz Festival, Bern, Switzerland
- 20022002-07-12: Estival Jazz Lugano 2002, Piazza della Riforma, Lugano, Switzerland
- 20052005-11-15: BMCC Tribeca Perfroming Arts Center, Chambers St. NY, USA
- 2006Messin' With the Kids
- 2007Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago - 1979
- 20082008-06-28: Glastonbury Festival
- 20102010-07-16: Piazza Blues Bellinzona, Switzerland
- 20111985-12-03: Dingwall's
- 2012Live at Legends
- 20131987-10-09: Dingwall's Pub, London, England
- 2019House of Blues 1995
- 20222022-03-13: Saban Theatre, Beverly Hills, California, USA
- 20222022-08-16: Artpark Lewiston, NY, USA
- 20232023-01-26: Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago, IL
- 2023Chicago Hustle '82
- 2023Live in Hiroshima 1975
- 2023The Seventh Hour (Live Toronto '93
- 20251974-12-17: PBS Soundstage, WTTW Studios, Chicago, IL
- —1966-10-(5-9): Prague Jazz Festival: Prague, Czechoslovakia
- —1968-07-28: Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, USA
- —1982-11-13: WXRT-FM, Biddy Mulligan's, Chicago, IL, USA
- —1986-04-14: Lone Star Cafe, New York City, NY, USA
- —1987-04-19: The Limelight, Chicago, IL, USA
- —1987-10-09: Strange Brew Blues: Dingswall, Camden Lock, London
- —1988-06-10: 5th Annual Chicago Blues Festival, Petrillo Music Shell, Grant Park, Chicago, IL, USA
- —1989-06-09: 6th Annual Chicago Blues Festival, Petrillo Music Shell, Grant Park, Chicago, IL, USA
- —1989-07-02: Live at Pistoia Blues Festival: Piazza del Duomo, Pistoia, Italy
- —1991-11-08: Chestnut Cabaret, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- —1992-07-04: Radio 1 FM American Music Festival, Crystal Palace Bowl, Sydenham, England, UK
- —1992-07-19: Paolo Soleri Amphitheater, Santa Fe, NM, USA
- —2001-07-04: Buddy Guy Legends Club, Chicago, IL, USA
- —2001‐07‐24: Stone Crazy: Chicago, IL, USA
- —2009-06-05: Peach Stage, Wanee Music Festival, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, Live Oak, FL, USA
- —Estival Jazz: Lugano
- —Live at the Bottom Line in NYC Jan 9, 1978
- —Ohne Filter 1991
- —Strange Brew
Compilations (46)
- 1970I Was Walking Through the Woods
- 1981Buddy Guy
- 1981Chess Masters
- 1984The Final Takes (And Others)
- 1985Ten Blue Fingers
- 1990Stone Crazy
- 1991First Time I Met the Blues
- 1992American Bandstand: Buddy Guy, Volume 2
- 1992Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 15: Live Action!
- 1992Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 27: I Cry and Sing the Blues
- 1992My Time After Awhile
- 1992Stone Crazy
- 1992The Complete Chess Studio Recordings
- 1992The Treasure Untold
- 1992The Very Best of Buddy Guy — 1992 compilation
- 1994Southern Blues 1957-63
- 1997Buddy’s Blues
- 1998As Good as It Gets
- 1998Buddy's Blues 1979-82: The Best of the JSP Sessions
- 1999Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy
- 1999Chicago Style
- 2000The Buddy Guy Collection
- 2000The Complete Vanguard Recordings
- 200120th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Buddy Guy
- 2001Buddy Guy and Friends
- 2002Blue on Blues
- 2004Every Day We Have the Blues
- 2006Can’t Quit the Blues
- 2007First Time I Met the Blues
- 2007Vanguard Visionaries: Buddy Guy
- 2009Playlist: The Very Best of Buddy Guy — 2009 compilation
- 2009The Definitive Buddy Guy
- 2010Broken Hearted Blues
- 2011Icon
- 2011Sit and Cry the Blues
- 2012Blues Masters, Volume 7
- 2013Bring ’Em In / Skin Deep
- 2013This Is the Beginning: The Artistic, Cobra & U.S.A. Sessions
- 2014Pure Raw Blues
- 2015Broken Hearted Blues
- 2015First Time I Met the Blues (1958-1963 Recordings)
- 2019Stone Crazy
- —Buddy Guy
- —Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
- —Everything Gonna Be Alright
- —The Great Blues Guitar Legends
Demos (1)
- 2018Watch Yourself
Others (3)
- 1988Live in Chicago '88
- 1997Blues Master
- —1997-06-27, Penn's Landing, Philadelphia PA, SBD